TRAVEL

EVEN AS I write this, it’s raining, and I’m thinking back to those glorious two weeks of sunshine – and wondering can I afford a sun holiday away. I torture myself by scrolling through Instagram seeing people you don’t really know sunning themselves in Portugal,...

Rachel Golden Heads for Alvor and Discovers the Quieter Side to the Algarve Holiday Destinations – every year families, couples and singles agonize of where to go on their vacation. January blues are chased away with the thoughts of some sun on your face,...

Photo Adrian Brady Fresh air, relaxation, spectacular scenery and a bit of craic are a great antidote to the stresses of city living, and thankfully very affordable and easily accessible from any city in Ireland. Siobhan, Lawrie, Paul and myself are looking for an...

We all love to escape sometimes, even if it’s just for a long weekend. It’s amazing how a change of scenery can refresh the body and soul, and I desperately seek out quaint, but alluring, destinations that I can run to, to do just that: refresh. This time,...

‘Marrakech taught me colour’ Yves Saint Laurent once said, and if it could teach one the greatest legends of design that, let’s start with what a few days could begin to teach us. Firstly, it is the perfect escape , it stay’s warm all year long, and what’s more, with...

Yippee. I’m going to Goa. Sun, sea, yoga and adventure are promised in India’s smallest state and former Portuguese colony. In the midst of my glee and the run-up to my escape, my ears are ringing with the sound of ‘Are you sure it is safe for a woman to go there?’ In...